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Keys can be limited to chosen endpoints, given a credit cap, an expiry and an IP allowlist, and service-account keys exist. The hosted MCP at `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/mcp` uses OAuth but its documented tools cover agents and speech, not music. The local `elevenlabs-mcp` server, which had music tools, was deprecated and archived on 2026-08-22. Regional servers exist for the US, EU, India and Singapore.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Music is $0.15 a minute of audio, taken from plan or pay-as-you-go credits. Since May 2026 pay-as-you-go top-ups (card needed, $5 minimum) unlock the Music API without a subscription. Plans include music minutes at the same rate, Starter $6 a month 40 minutes, Creator $22 147, Pro $99 660, Scale $299 1,993 and Business $990 6,600. The Free plan's 3 minutes are for the web app only. Finetunes cost $1.50 each (https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api, https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/administration/pay-as-you-go).", "priceSummary": "$6 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing. Paid subscription only (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3122, "npmWeekly": 1063065, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/music", "llmsTxt": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "audio.music", "audio.vocals", "audio.stems" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "card-required", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "llms-txt", "commercial-licence", "c2pa" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 150, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 63, "schema": 86, "security": 77, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Vocals and lyrics in several languages, or forced instrumental, with length set from 3 to 600 seconds. Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card.", "strengths": [ "Vocals and lyrics in several languages, or forced instrumental, with length set from 3 to 600 seconds", "Composition plans for section-by-section control, plus inpainting and a stem separation endpoint", "Public OpenAPI document, llms.txt and official Python and TypeScript SDKs released most weeks", "API keys can be limited by endpoint, credit cap, expiry and IP range" ], "weaknesses": [ "Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card", "Music Terms exclude customers in political, religious, adult, tobacco, weapons and prescription drug sectors, and prompts can't name artists or songs", "Zero Retention Mode doesn't cover Music yet", "No idempotency key, no SLA and no music-specific rate limit", "Docs disagree on maximum length (5 minutes in the overview, 600,000 ms in the API reference)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Strip artist and song names from user prompts before calling, or the request breaks the Music Terms", "Pin `model_id`. The API default is still `music_v1`", "Set `music_length_ms` and `force_instrumental: true` for background beds. Billing is by minute of audio", "On 429, retry `system_busy` with exponential backoff, but treat `too_many_concurrent_requests` as a plan limit and queue", "Don't plan on the MCP server for music. 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], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer token issued per licensee after sign-up. The licence forbids sharing it.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "API Starter $29.99 a month for up to 100 songs (new sign-ups, companies of up to 3 people). API Pro $300 a month for up to 1,000 songs with a 6-month minimum. More than that needs a custom plan. Only successful generations count. The help centre mentions a free 2-week trial (https://soundraw.io/api).", "priceSummary": "$29.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in the API docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://soundraw.io/api", "llmsTxt": "https://soundraw.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "audio.music" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "commercial-licence", "enterprise" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 12.5, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 451, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 5, "security": 20, "transparency": 42 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW. No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog.", "strengths": [ "Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW", "In production inside Canva and Wondershare Filmora", "Low entry price for small teams, $29.99 a month for up to 100 songs", "Only successful generations count towards the plan, per the listing's check" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog", "Pro plan has a 6-month minimum, and anything above 1,000 songs a month is sales-led", "Revenue share of 50 to 70 per cent when end users resell downloaded tracks", "Instrumental only, and no status page or security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Needs a contract and token before any call. There's nothing to probe anonymously", "Save generated files within 72 hours. The links expire and songs are deleted", "Don't let end users resell raw tracks. The licence restricts it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 12.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 5, "security": 20, "transparency": 23 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/audio.music", "tool": "https://letme.dev/soundraw" }, "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "API Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "up to 100 songs" }, { "item": "API Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "up to 1,000 songs, 6-month minimum" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SOUNDRAW Inc.", "domain": "soundraw.io", "domainRegistered": "2020-04-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://soundraw.io/terms", "privacy": "https://soundraw.io/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "API agreement is governed by Singapore law (https://docs.google.com/document/d/160yW9pIANAnWPw-vsFVZJ5mvzdhgvFvlUdY3QBFB_lc/)", "API endpoint host isn't published, so endpointOnVendorDomain is unknown" ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw.json", "live": { "slug": "soundraw", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://soundraw.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:49.040892912Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://soundraw.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:14.94279319Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "soundraw.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:25.717246608Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://soundraw.io/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:57.089926735Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a3ae6df1945d" }, { "url": "https://soundraw.io/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:59.43466734Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dbde0ff265ba" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:59.43466734Z" } }, "summary": "ElevenLabs Music API has a score of 67 (B) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). Both do audio music. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 81 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw.min.md" }, "markdown": "ElevenLabs Music API has a score of 67 (B) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). Both do audio music. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 81 points.\n\n- ElevenLabs Music API: grade B, 67/100, rank #150 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-music.json\n- SOUNDRAW API: grade F, 12.5/100, rank #451 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soundraw.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick ElevenLabs Music API for reliability (+48), schema \u0026 documentation (+81), agent ergonomics (+65), security \u0026 auth (+57), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+77), transparency \u0026 trust (+37).\n\nPick SOUNDRAW API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Music API | SOUNDRAW API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 15 | ElevenLabs Music API +48 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 5 | ElevenLabs Music API +81 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 0 | ElevenLabs Music API +65 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 20 | ElevenLabs Music API +57 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | ElevenLabs Music API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 3 | ElevenLabs Music API +77 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 42 | ElevenLabs Music API +37 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67 · B** | **12.5 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Music API | SOUNDRAW API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | SOUNDRAW Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | none |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 1.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ElevenLabs Music API.** Vocals and lyrics in several languages, or forced instrumental, with length set from 3 to 600 seconds. Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card.\n\n**SOUNDRAW API.** Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW. No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ElevenLabs Music API\n\n1. Strip artist and song names from user prompts before calling, or the request breaks the Music Terms\n2. Pin `model_id`. The API default is still `music_v1`\n3. Set `music_length_ms` and `force_instrumental: true` for background beds. Billing is by minute of audio\n4. On 429, retry `system_busy` with exponential backoff, but treat `too_many_concurrent_requests` as a plan limit and queue\n5. Don't plan on the MCP server for music. Its documented tools cover agents and speech\n\n### SOUNDRAW API\n\n1. Needs a contract and token before any call. There's nothing to probe anonymously\n2. Save generated files within 72 hours. The links expire and songs are deleted\n3. Don't let end users resell raw tracks. The licence restricts it\n\n## Other comparisons with ElevenLabs Music API or SOUNDRAW API\n\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-elevenlabs-music.md)\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-fal-music.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Loudly Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-loudly.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Mubert API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-mubert.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-stable-audio.md)\n- [fal music models vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [Loudly Music API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loudly-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [Mubert API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mubert-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [MusicGen on Replicate vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-musicgen-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [SOUNDRAW API vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soundraw-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [SOUNDRAW API vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soundraw-vs-stable-audio.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "ElevenLabs Music API vs SOUNDRAW API", "url": "" } ], "description": "ElevenLabs Music API has a score of 67 (B) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). 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